Theme: extraterrestrial threats
Prompt 1
Tell the story of how a Carrington event level solar storm would affect lives today.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence
Everything sparked.
Stories on Fire: Prompt Day 10
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THEME
Extraterrestrial threats
Prompt 1
The night sky brightens like daylight. Show why this happened and how it affected the characters.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence in the story:
There is only one thing this light could be.
BONUS: Video Prompt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI2lsdXJQ40
Watch the above linked video and create a story around it with our theme in mind. Can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with! 🙂
Stories on Fire 2024 Prompt Day 9
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THEME CHANGE
Extraterrestrial threats
Prompt 1
Silence in the cavern indicates the latest bombardment is over. Step outside of the cave and show everyone the aftermath of the unexpected asteroid shower.
Prompt 2
As the animal stands there, clearly out of place, strategies come to mind.
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
A race against time creates an unexpected resolution for a problem never revealed before now. Share it!
Prompt 2
Use this sentence:
It’s over now.
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Stories on Fire: Prompt Day 5
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1:
A curious fox from the countryside finds itself in a bustling city.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence:
My world shattered and you want me to smile?
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
A parrot, living with a family for years, begins to mimic conversations it has overheard, revealing secrets and causing chaos in the neighborhood.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence in the story:
You wouldn’t believe what I heard!
Stories on Fire: Prompt Day 2
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
Visualize a moment when a group of animals ingeniously escapes from a zoo. What sparked their plan?
Prompt 2
Use this sentence in the story:
Maximum efficiency yields the best results.
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Tracking!
For many of you, you’ve got a fun new adventure!
We are going to be tracking our progress this year – together – this is going to be best suited for those who are participating for the polish and editing portion of our challenge.
To be tracked, you’ll go through this form
Everyday you’ll finish your story or wordcount and add it to the reporting sheet. At the end of the week, we’ll leave an announcement about our progress in the discord.
This will also be a challenge for the event coordinator, Catrina Taylor aka TheLadyWrites. She has committed to stream for 12 hours if we can report in 90 completed short stories.
Themes for Stories on Fire 2024
In September 2023 we began using Themes as part of our weekly updates. This gives us a specific tread to pull through each of our stories for a given week. The themes change each week so we’ll have to pay attention to that.
With the first of January coming on a Monday this year, we’ll be changing our themes on that first day of the work week every week.
Daily we’ll have new prompts that will be fit into the theme.
For example:
The first Theme is animals.
IF the first prompt was ‘Imagine swimming in the pond.’ Your short story should include animals in that experience/story in some manner.
With that in mind, when it’s time to pick stories that we are going to be editing for our collections or our full individual releases, having a theme will make that easier.
I can’t wait to see all of you on Launch Day!
A Year of Publishing – Tracking
Stories on Fire will be tracking progress this year!
To get started, sign up through this form. From there, you’ll get a link to the tracking form. That form will enable you to update your word count and your story count daily.
We’ll use this to track those who are continuing through the editing process with us this year. By signing up here, we will be able to pair everyone up and ensure everyone gets the support they need so we can all reach the goal of writing, polishing, and publishing!